Editorial

The movie “Selma,” released nationwide on Friday, Jan. 9, depicts events leading up to the celebrated civil rights march from Selma, Ala. to Montgomery, the state’s capital, in 1965. Those events helped persuade President Lyndon B. Johnson to...

As a kid I remember always gathering at an uncle’s house after a funeral. It was the place to play cards, laugh, tell family stories and of course, eat more food. The house was small but somehow each generation had their own “space” and I...

(pictured above: Edward W. Brooke) Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who in 1966 became the first black person in U.S. history to be elected to the Senate, died Saturday, Jan. 3 at age 95. “A Republican in a largely Democratic state, Brooke...

The most casual of sports fans lost a friend when Stuart Scott passed away on Sunday, Jan. 4. The ESPN anchor was a fixture on “SportsCenter” for many years. He had been with the organization for 21 years. What made him so different was the way...

(This op/ed was originally published Dec. 15 in the (Greensboro) News and Record.) With the year quickly drawing to a close, we are all looking forward to what comes next — holiday plans with friends and family and the promise of a New Year. But...

Bill Cosby To the Editor: The Cosby affair forces the court of public opinion to weigh elements of racism, sex and violence all at once. Unless you have been living under a rock and have not heard, Bill Cosby, America’s quintessential father...

(pictured above: A photo released by Wake Forest University last week shows some of the flowers Imam Khalid Griggs has received since vile matter was left at his office.) Dear Old Wake Forest: Yes, it is a dear old place to many who have set...

Victor “Vic” Johnson earned a rather dubious distinction last week when he was booted from the Winston-Salem State University Board of Trustees by members of the UNC Board of Governors. Never before had the governors removed a member from one of...

(pictured above: Michael Brown) Generally, those who celebrate Christmas mainly focus on the angels, Mary, Joseph, kings, and shepherds, but never on Herod and the soldiers who ordered the killings of all the male babies in Bethlehem. The first...

(pictured above: Vonderitt Deondre Myers) “THE WORLD IS ENDING. HOW ABOUT NO,” is the Facebook message I woke up to one Thursday afternoon from my best friend, Katie. The night before, 18-year-old Vonderitt Deondre Myers was shot and killed by...

Registered voters staying home To the Editor: In Forsyth County, only 44 percent of eligible voters decided to vote. Why did roughly six out of 10 registered voters stay home? Has the political culture turned off 60 percent of the voters? Are...

Who is standing for Randall Lindsay? Americans didn’t bother to vote in the recent General Elections, and pollsters and analysts are postulating as to why. We have our own theory – Randall Lindsay. He’s the 54-year-old disabled man whose story...

A total of $172 million. That was the record amount the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised in 2013 and 2014. But that money was poorly spent, which helped account for such a decisive midterm defeat. Look at the record. On...

Pundits are likely to spend the next several weeks attempting to explain the many reasons that Republicans simply kicked the Democrats square in the hind parts to dominate both houses of Congress in ways that had not been expected. With turnout...

(pictured above: Sen. Kay Hagan casts her ballot on Oct. 24 during the early voting period in Guilford County.) Voters – 1, Prognosticators – 0. Early figures show that Midterm voter turnout was better than expected. In fact, a record was set...

Address suicide To The Editor: What is it going to take? Every minute of every day in the United States someone has had enough. Their life seems useless, painful, meaningless, hopeless. They are someone’s mother, father, sister, brother,...

Fansler for School Board To the Editor: Other than parents, the most important individual in a child’s life and development is an experienced, dedicated, and gifted teacher. Sadly, we have lawmakers in NC who currently lack respect and...